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Watch modernist type saboneta of Rueff Freres presented sphere, a double (time and minute hands, and another for the second hand). The elegance of the piece stands for itself, being the only decorative elements the material of the box and a small detail plant in one of the faces.

This pocket watch saboneta modernist opens on both fronts, as can be seen by the presence of the hinges. This, together with the material and a small vegetable element in a face are, if anything, the only decorative elements that the elegant piece features.

In the sphere presents the legend “Rueff Freres” and The “Chaux de Fonds”. The first part refers to Rueff Freres, which is registered as a manufacturer of watches and parts for watches located in the Rue Leopold Robert, 58 of la Chaux de Fonds in the year 1889. From 1897 it was renamed “Maurice Rueff, the Rueff Successeur de Frères”.

Pocket watch art nouveau Rueff Freres / la Chaux de Fonds. France, NINETEENTH century, late or XX principles.